Quotes from Henry Ford

We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we make today.

Whether you think you can or think you can't — you are right.

A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one.

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.

Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying goods and services.

History is more or less bunk.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs.

The man who thinks he can and the man who thinks he can't are both right. Which one are you?

I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.

It is not the employer who pays the wages. He only handles the money. It is the product that pays the wages.

The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.

I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.

You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business.

Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

Asking 'Who ought to be the boss' is like asking 'Who ought to be the tennor in the quartet' Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.

Greatest thing in life is experience. Even mistakes have value.

Happiness isn't a destination, it's a mode of travel. Don't worry be happy.

History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we made today.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and griefs which we endure help us in our marching onward.

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.